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* timers/x86/hpet: Use HPET_COUNTER to specify the hpet counter in vread_hpet()Satoru Takeuchi2013-02-151-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | vread_hpet() uses "0xf0" as the offset of the hpet counter. To clarify the meaning of this code, it should use symbolic name, HPET_COUNTER, instead. Signed-off-by: Satoru Takeuchi <takeuchi_satoru@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
* x86: vdso: pvclock gettime supportMarcelo Tosatti2012-11-271-3/+78
| | | | | | | | | Improve performance of time system calls when using Linux pvclock, by reading time info from fixmap visible copy of pvclock data. Originally from Jeremy Fitzhardinge. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
* time: Convert x86_64 to using new update_vsyscallJohn Stultz2012-09-241-8/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Switch x86_64 to using sub-ns precise vsyscall Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
* x86-64: Inline vdso clock_gettime helpersAndy Lutomirski2012-03-231-4/+5
| | | | | | | This is about a 3% speedup on Sandy Bridge. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
* x86-64: Simplify and optimize vdso clock_gettime monotonic variantsAndy Lutomirski2012-03-231-30/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | We used to store the wall-to-monotonic offset and the realtime base. It's faster to precompute the monotonic base. This is about a 3% speedup on Sandy Bridge for CLOCK_MONOTONIC. It's much more impressive for CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
* x86: vdso: Use seqcount instead of seqlockThomas Gleixner2012-03-151-8/+8
| | | | | | | | | The update of the vdso data happens under xtime_lock, so adding a nested lock is pointless. Just use a seqcount to sync the readers. Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
* time: x86: Fix race switching from vsyscall to non-vsyscall clockJohn Stultz2012-03-151-26/+46
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When switching from a vsyscall capable to a non-vsyscall capable clocksource, there was a small race, where the last vsyscall gettimeofday before the switch might return a invalid time value using the new non-vsyscall enabled clocksource values after the switch is complete. This is due to the vsyscall code checking the vclock_mode once outside of the seqcount protected section. After it reads the vclock mode, it doesn't re-check that the sampled clock data that is obtained in the seqcount critical section still matches. The fix is to sample vclock_mode inside the protected section, and as long as it isn't VCLOCK_NONE, return the calculated value. If it has changed and is now VCLOCK_NONE, fall back to the syscall gettime calculation. v2: * Cleanup checks as suggested by tglx * Also fix same issue present in gettimeofday path CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
* x86, vdso: Drop now wrong commentBorislav Petkov2011-07-181-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | Now that 1b3f2a72bbcfdf92e368a44448c45eb639b05b5e is in, it is very important that the below lying comment be removed! :-) Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110718191054.GA18359@liondog.tnic Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
* x86-64: Move vread_tsc and vread_hpet into the vDSOAndy Lutomirski2011-07-141-6/+47
| | | | | | | | | The vsyscall page now consists entirely of trap instructions. Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/637648f303f2ef93af93bae25186e9a1bea093f5.1310639973.git.luto@mit.edu Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
* x86-64: Remove kernel.vsyscall64 sysctlAndy Lutomirski2011-06-051-34/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's unnecessary overhead in code that's supposed to be highly optimized. Removing it allows us to remove one of the two syscall instructions in the vsyscall page. The only sensible use for it is for UML users, and it doesn't fully address inconsistent vsyscall results on UML. The real fix for UML is to stop using vsyscalls entirely. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> Cc: richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Louis Rilling <Louis.Rilling@kerlabs.com> Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/973ae803fe76f712da4b2740e66dccf452d3b1e4.1307292171.git.luto@mit.edu Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* x86: vdso: Remove unused variableThomas Gleixner2011-05-261-1/+1
| | | | | | Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
* x86-64: Optimize vDSO time()Andy Lutomirski2011-05-241-6/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This function just reads a 64-bit variable that's updated atomically, so we don't need any locks. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3C40e2700f8cda4d511e5910be1e633025d28b36c2.1306156808.git.luto%40mit.edu%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86-64: Add time to vDSOAndy Lutomirski2011-05-241-1/+34
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The only fast implementation of time(2) we expose is through the vsyscall page and we want to get userspace to stop using the vsyscall page. So make it available through the vDSO as well. This is essentially a cut-n-paste job. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3Cbf963bac5207de4b29613f27c42705e4371812a8.1306156808.git.luto%40mit.edu%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86-64: Vclock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) can't ever see nsec < 0Andy Lutomirski2011-05-241-18/+22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | vclock_gettime's do_monotonic helper can't ever generate a negative nsec value, so it doesn't need to check whether it's negative. In the CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE case, ns can't ever exceed 2e9-1, so we can avoid the loop entirely. This saves a single easily-predicted branch. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3Cd6d528d32c7a21618057cfc9005942a0fe5cb54a.1306156808.git.luto%40mit.edu%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86-64: Clean up vdso/kernel shared variablesAndy Lutomirski2011-05-241-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Variables that are shared between the vdso and the kernel are currently a bit of a mess. They are each defined with their own magic, they are accessed differently in the kernel, the vsyscall page, and the vdso, and one of them (vsyscall_clock) doesn't even really exist. This changes them all to use a common mechanism. All of them are delcared in vvar.h with a fixed address (validated by the linker script). In the kernel (as before), they look like ordinary read-write variables. In the vsyscall page and the vdso, they are accessed through a new macro VVAR, which gives read-only access. The vdso is now loaded verbatim into memory without any fixups. As a side bonus, access from the vdso is faster because a level of indirection is removed. While we're at it, pack jiffies and vgetcpu_mode into the same cacheline. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3C7357882fbb51fa30491636a7b6528747301b7ee9.1306156808.git.luto%40mit.edu%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* time: Introduce CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSEjohn stultz2009-08-211-3/+36
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | After talking with some application writers who want very fast, but not fine-grained timestamps, I decided to try to implement new clock_ids to clock_gettime(): CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE and CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE which returns the time at the last tick. This is very fast as we don't have to access any hardware (which can be very painful if you're using something like the acpi_pm clocksource), and we can even use the vdso clock_gettime() method to avoid the syscall. The only trade off is you only get low-res tick grained time resolution. This isn't a new idea, I know Ingo has a patch in the -rt tree that made the vsyscall gettimeofday() return coarse grained time when the vsyscall64 sysctrl was set to 2. However this affects all applications on a system. With this method, applications can choose the proper speed/granularity trade-off for themselves. Signed-off-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: nikolag@ca.ibm.com Cc: Darren Hart <dvhltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: arjan@infradead.org Cc: jonathan@jonmasters.org LKML-Reference: <1250734414.6897.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: gettimeofday() vDSO: fix segfault when tv == NULLJohn Wright2009-04-301-5/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | According to the gettimeofday(2) manual: If either tv or tz is NULL, the corresponding structure is not set or returned. Since it is legal to give NULL as the tv argument, the code should make sure tv is not NULL before trying to dereference it. This issue manifests itself on x86_64 when vdso=0 is not on the kernel command-line and libc uses the vDSO for gettimeofday() (e.g. glibc >= 2.7). A simple reproducer: #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/time.h> int main(void) { struct timezone tz; gettimeofday(NULL, &tz); return 0; } See http://bugs.debian.org/466491 for more details. [ Impact: fix gettimeofday(NULL, &tz) segfault ] Signed-off-by: John Wright <john.wright@hp.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: John Wright <john.wright@hp.com> LKML-Reference: <1241037121-14805-1-git-send-email-john.wright@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* trace: rename unlikely profiler to branch profilerSteven Rostedt2008-11-121-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: name change of unlikely tracer and profiler Ingo Molnar suggested changing the config from UNLIKELY_PROFILE to BRANCH_PROFILING. I never did like the "unlikely" name so I went one step farther, and renamed all the unlikely configurations to a "BRANCH" variant. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* tracing: branch tracer, fix vdso crashIngo Molnar2008-11-121-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Impact: fix bootup crash the branch tracer missed arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c from disabling tracing, which caused such bootup crashes: [ 201.840097] init[1]: segfault at 7fffed3fe7c0 ip 00007fffed3fea2e sp 000077 also clean up the ugly ifdefs in arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c by creating DISABLE_UNLIKELY_PROFILE facility for code to turn off instrumentation on a per file basis. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
* Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/ftraceIngo Molnar2008-06-161-3/+3
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| * x86: use explicit copy in vdso_gettimeofday()Andi Kleen2008-05-231-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jeremy's gcc 3.4 seems to be unable to inline a 8 byte memcpy. But the vdso doesn't support external references. Copy the structure members of struct timezone explicitely instead. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* | x86: add notrace annotations to vsyscall.Steven Rostedt2008-05-231-7/+8
|/ | | | | | | | | | Add the notrace annotations to the vsyscall functions - there we are not in kernel context yet, so the tracer function cannot (and must not) be called. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86: remove duplicate includesLucas Woods2008-01-301-1/+0
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Lucas Woods <woodzy@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* x86_64: move vdsoThomas Gleixner2007-10-111-0/+121
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>